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Dachser boosts North American airfreight forwarding presence with stake in Synergie Canada

German logistics company Dachser has strengthened its air and sea freight forwarding presence in North America with a 10% minority share in Synergie Canada. Tobias Burger, chief operating officer air & sea logistics at Dachser, said the investment in Synergie Canada was key to growing the company's presence outside of Europe. "Canada is a highly attractive market for a global logistics provider like Dachser. As one of the seven leading industrialised nations, the Canadian economy is closely linked to the economies of the Americas, as well as our target markets in Europe," said Burger. "Expanding our presence in the Canadian market by acquiring a minority share of Synergie is essential for the continued growth of our business outside Europe. We're delighted to have found the ideal partner for this expansion in Synergie Canada." Founded in 2008 and based near Montreal, Quebec, Synergie Canada specialises in air and sea freight services on transatlantic and transpacific routes and serves customers in the engineering, technology, fashion and aerospace industries. Synergie Canada also offers truck transport within Canada and across the border to the US. In 2025, Synergie Canada generated revenue of approximately €60m and had a workforce of about 100 employees. "Synergie Canada has grown rapidly in the 15 years since it was founded, evolving from a traditional overland transport forwarder into one of Canada's leading logistics providers for international air and sea freight," said Marc-André Guindon, president of Synergie Canada. "Together with Dachser, we can now take the next step in our development and offer our customers even better access to international markets, particularly in Europe."

'Data center conundrum': what if the financing boom outruns physical reality?

Would you believe it: the regulator has confirmed that post-crisis investor protections never applied to a fast-growing securitization market financing the biggest driver of air cargo growth. Just as moratoriums multiply and 50-plus projects are canceled. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed that a set of post-2008 financial crisis safeguards do not apply to data center securitizations, a clarification that will make it cheaper and faster for operators to raise debt against their facilities - and which ...

Global tension + rising costs = more pressure on UK SMEs

UK businesses are facing mounting pressure from renewed tension around the Iran conflict, with rising transport, sourcing, and energy costs threatening to squeeze margins and further disrupt already fragile supply chains. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 29% of businesses with 10 or more employees were concerned last month about international conflict affecting their supply chains over the next year, up 19 percentage points from December 2025. A further 20% were worried about shipping disruption, an increase of 12 percentage points. More than half (52%) of businesses expected the cost of sourcing materials to be affected, while 47% anticipated an impact on transport costs. Meanwhile, 57% expressed some concern about energy prices and 70% about fuel prices. The figures underline the growing challenge facing forwarders, according to British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general Steve Parker, who warned that geopolitical disruption was creating significant uncertainty for businesses moving goods internationally. He said recently that the industry was already dealing with the consequences of vessels being diverted and containers ending up far from their intended destinations due to shipping routes being disrupted. He described the experience of booking containers as "less like putting freight on a straightforward journey and more like sending it on an adventure", with uncertainty over where cargo will ultimately arrive. Mr Parker added that once cargo was unloaded and remained at a port, additional charges began to accumulate. "Bills and costs rack up for no fault of our own," he said. The ONS data suggested that among businesses with 10 or more employees that had exported in the previous 12 months, 39% reported higher exporting costs in June compared with the same month in 2025 - the highest proportion recorded since June 2023. The renewed geopolitical uncertainty comes on top of already challenging operating conditions for the freight sector, Mr Parker highlighting rising business costs, energy expenses, and pressure on transport operators. For smaller freight forwarders in particular, he added, the ability to absorb unexpected costs and disruption was limited. "If you've got deep pockets, it's probably not too bad. But a lot of our members, even if they're small... could find themselves caught up with additional costs."